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Tongariro Alpine Crossing - ! did it!!

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January 20th 2010
Tongariro Alpine Crossing successfully completed!! After a false start on Monday morning having got up at 4.30 am (hold on this is like work!!) and travelled an hour and half the hike was cancelled due to 'adverse weather conditions'! All go again on Tuesday morning again a 4.30 am start. The starting point for the hike is at an altitude of approx 1000m going to 1886 at the summit. It is blo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more